Documenting What Matters: Love, Legacy & Everyday Storytelling with Seshu

⚠️ Note: This episode is from the Intentional Documentary® era. I’ve kept it in the public archive because it’s a grounded, story-rich conversation about memory, meaning, and documenting relationships that matter.

It speaks to photographers, parents, and anyone navigating the tenderness of change.

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How do we document what matters — not just to remember, but to make meaning?

n this generous conversation, I talk with photographer and storyteller Seshu about his path from the streets of Tokyo to photographing families with presence, care, and intentionality. We explore how discipline shapes creative work, what makes an image truly resonant, and how photographs can become vessels of love, legacy, and everyday connection.

This episode invites you to slow down and reflect on what it really means to see and to be seen.

Topics covered: 

• Seshu’s journey into photography, from Japan to grad school in photojournalism
• Why creative discipline matters and how he builds it into his workflow
• The ingredients of emotional storytelling: light, life, and connection
• Photographing with presence, love, and memory in mind
• The emotional weight of everyday images, especially with aging parents
• Intergenerational story work and the emotional power of everyday photos, especially with aging parents
• Why technical perfection matters less than what a photo means
• How legacy shows up in print, on the wall, and through family curation
• Seshu’s philosophy behind his long-running blog, Tiffinbox
• What it means to “help people” through creative work and the fear of mediocrity

Connect with Seshu + access the free Mini Mag for this episode, along with other archived episode resources here: → dangerouslygoodstories.com/intentional-documentary-archive